1866 Action Fund and Hispanic-Latino Leaders Now are working to support Black and brown candidates and also hope to connect the communities with non-elected…
1866 Action Fund and Hispanic-Latino Leaders Now are working to support Black and brown candidates and also hope to connect the communities with non-elected political opportunity“There has not been a concerted effort to say: ‘I want to uplift Black candidates for office,'" said Reynolds Graves, founder of 1866 Action Fund. “We want to do it.”
“Your city council and your state rep are filing pieces of legislation and balancing budgets that affect your daily life,” said Graves. “So that's why it's important. But also, when it comes to Blacks in politics, I think writ large, across the country, and especially in this state, you see candidates that when they get started, they start down ballot.
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